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Overview
This book is concerned with action research as a form of teacher professional development. In it, John Elliot traces the historical emergence and current significance of action research in schools. He examines action research as a cultural innovation with transformative possibilities for both the professional culture of teachers and teacher educators in academia and explores how action research can be a form of creative resistance to the technical rationality underpinning government policy. He explains the role of action research in the specific contexts of the national curriculum, teacher appraisal and competence-based teacher training.
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- ISBN-13: 9780335096893
- ISBN-10: 0335096891
- Publisher: Open University Press
- Publish Date: April 1991
- Dimensions: 9.02 x 6.04 x 0.52 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 176
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